Ryan Phillippe was born on September 10, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware, to Susan (Thomas), a nurse, and Richard Phillippe, a chemical technician. He has three sisters, Kirsten, Lindsay, and Katelyn, and attended New Castle Baptist Academy. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Leonard Tran <tranlw01@wfu.edu>

Graduated from New Castle Baptist Academy, now New Castle Christian Academy in New Castle, Delaware.

Packed on 25 pounds of muscle and stopped shaving for 3 months for his role as Parker in Secuestro infernal (2000).

Son, Deacon Reese, was named for his distant relative, Charles Louis "Deacon" Phillipe, who pitched and won the first World Series game ever, in 1903, beating Cy Young, as well as for Hall of Fame football player Deacon Jones. (Reported on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), 18 May 2005).

Is a fan of Philadelphia sports teams (Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, 76ers), having grown up in northern Delaware.

Is a huge fan of Howard Stern and cut school to attend the landmark "funeral" of rival Philadelphia DJ John DeBella in the early '90s. Through appearances on the show, he has become friendly with sidekick Artie Lange and staff-member J.D. Harmeyer (known for his socially awkward, "nerdy" personality and lifestyle).

He is of mostly English ancestry, with more distant German roots. His surname can be traced back to his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Johannes Adam Phillippi, an ethnic German who was born in Volksberg, Alsace.

Became a father for the 1st time at age 24 when his [now ex] wife Reese Witherspoongave birth to their daughter Ava Elizabeth Phillippe on September 9, 1999.

Became a father for the 2nd time at age 29 when his [now ex] wife Reese Witherspoongave birth to their son Deacon Reese Phillippe on October 23, 2003.

Became a father for the 3rd time at age 36 when his ex-girlfriend Alexis Knapp gave birth to their daughter Kailani Merizalde Phillippe Knapp on July 1, 2011.

Personal Quotes*

(On working and being with Reese Witherspoon on the film Crueles intenciones (1999)): It was great. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Not only personally but professionally. She was an asset to the movie and we begged her to do it. She didn't have as colorful a role as Sarah's and mine, but she did an amazing job. Really elevated the piece.

(On starting a family with Reese): "It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with, and to be prepared and enthusiastic."

(About his daughter, Ava): She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing.

Music is my greatest love. If I could play an instrument I would be a musician.

Things like my baby and my wife are a lot more important to me than being in one of the top ten grossing movies of all time.

I have a huge CD collection. Music is an obsession of mine.

I think who Reese is sort of radiates and emanates. She's incredibly conscientious, kind and good to people. She has a perspective that extends far beyond her own personal gain, and I think that's an impressive thing.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children. I think it's what you talk to them about, what you expose them to, what you make them mindful of. And you've got to do that anywhere you live. LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight. I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.

I'm such a supporter of women, work-related. I'm happy for my wife and I'm ecstatic that she makes more than most men in Hollywood. The first writer I hired for a movie I'm producing was a black woman. She did an amazing job. It's like I just think that seeing women get passed over, being so intimately involved with so many women throughout my life - my sisters, my mother and that sort of thing - it's shaped me and given me a sensitivity and understanding that I don't think a lot of men necessarily have.

(On filming the Iraqi war film Stop-Loss (2008) in Morocco): You felt like a monster. We were there in full gear, with these assault rifles, on what's akin to their Christmas. We were barging into peoples' actual homes to shoot those scenes. I felt incredibly uncomfortable and ashamed at the time.

I was pretty close to getting Star Wars, they wanted me to play Anakin. I think I'm okay with having missed out on that.

My skin is so thick at this point. I've been in the entertainment industry for 23 years so there's nothing anyone can say that I haven't heard or thought myself. You just keep moving, you know? That noise is so quiet at this stage of my life. What can people say that hasn't been said, and what does it really matter? Who am I trying to really prove anything to at this point in my life? Myself, my kids, my family...

I'm very feminist, man. I was raised by four women, my dad worked the 4 P.M. to midnight shift, so I was basically raised by four women. I'm so pro, pro female.

I'm way funnier than people know me to be. And it's a dark humor, like a gallows humor.